I punked and drove to the market. It was going to be a solo trip and the wind was awful. A lot of vendors didn't show.
Errands all done. Need to start cleaning.
In a little bit.
No. And yes. It's always sudden.
Tara ,'Storyteller'
Natter 71: Someone is wrong on the Internet
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
sarameg - Feb 09, 2013 7:29:53 am PST #10575 of 30001
§ ita § - Feb 09, 2013 7:32:44 am PST #10576 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I know it's mandatory to take all shows, especially if they're "reality", with a dose of salt, but that ad for the job interview show one person is asked "If I go to your Facebook account, will I find topless pictures of you?" Now, I'd like to believe my FB account is just beside the point, but SERIOUSLY? Are there significant conventional job hunters with...oversights like that? Oy.
Now, I fully believe that a lot of what Google wants from me to make a profit of is about me. Being able to compose a decent profile and sell that information would be incredibly lucrative. And they offer so many different services, there are many different ways in which I'd give them my information, even if I'm not handing it over to Facebook or Amazon. But..."reading" my email?
I'd like someone to put out an "Email for Dummies" ad and point out how insecure email is, and how MS's privacy notice says
We use the information we collect to provide the services you request. Our services may include the display of personalized content and advertising
So, you know.
Scrappy - Feb 09, 2013 7:44:55 am PST #10577 of 30001
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Yes, there certainly are, ita. I've had people apply who had pictures of themselves with a bong or email handles like "Sexxxychick".
Connie Neil - Feb 09, 2013 7:49:06 am PST #10578 of 30001
brillig
It's great fun at work to ask for an email and have the customer hesitate, then say, for example, "hotguy93@yahoo.com". And it's amazing how many people are still running businesses off AOL addresses. I didn't know AOL was still going.
Hil R. - Feb 09, 2013 8:03:32 am PST #10579 of 30001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
At my old university, you were allowed to pick your user name for your @universityname.edu account. Most people were sensible and went with some variation of their name. But there were a few times students emailed me from addresses like QTPie.
P.M. Marc - Feb 09, 2013 8:06:28 am PST #10580 of 30001
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
I'm considering a slow transition to my outlook.com alias (the personal one, not the one I use for work-ish related things) because I love the interface.
But I've been a little leery of using Google as heavily as I was since that time they accidentally locked me out of my account. Blah blah blah, Devil You Know Intimately and all.
SuziQ - Feb 09, 2013 8:34:12 am PST #10581 of 30001
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame
Nothing like waking up on your birthday to Aunt Flow and cramps from hell. Grrrr. But K-Bug and her bf made me nummy breakfast in bed.
Pix - Feb 09, 2013 8:44:21 am PST #10582 of 30001
The status is NOT quo.
I'm very sorry about Aunt Flo, but HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
tommyrot - Feb 09, 2013 9:08:22 am PST #10583 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Birthday Happies, Suzi!
le nubian - Feb 09, 2013 9:08:53 am PST #10584 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Happy B-day!